1995–96 Football Conference

Football Conference
Season1995–96[1]
ChampionsStevenage Borough (1st Football Conference title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
Conference League Cup winnersBromsgrove Rovers
FA Trophy winnersMacclesfield Town
Relegated to Level 6Dagenham & Redbridge,
Runcorn
Matches played462
Goals scored1,384 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerBarry Hayles (Stevenage Borough), 29
Biggest home winMacclesfield Town – Halifax Town 7–0 (9 March 1996);
Morecambe – Altrincham 7–0 (17 February 1996)
Biggest away winRuncorn F.C. Halton – Stevenage Borough 0–8 (25 November 1995)
Highest scoringSlough Town – Kidderminster Harriers 5–4 (28 August 1995);
Morecambe – Woking 4–5 (13 January 1997)
Longest winning runWoking, 7 matches
Longest unbeaten runStevenage Borough, 17 matches
Longest losing runDover Athletic, 9 matches
Highest attendanceWoking v Macclesfield Town, 4,583 (6 April 1996)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,054

The Football Conference season of 1995–96 was the seventeenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Vauxhall Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Overview

Stevenage Borough, won the Conference championship during their second season in this league. However, they did not earn a promotion to the Football League because they did not meet Football League requirements. As of 2024, this is the last season when this happened.

New teams in the league this season

Final league table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stevenage Borough 42 13 6 2 51 20 14 4 3 50 24 +57 91 Football Conference Champions, no promotion to the Football League
2 Woking 42 16 5 0 47 13 9 3 9 36 41 +29 83
3 Hednesford Town[a] 42 13 3 5 38 21 10 4 7 33 25 +25 76
4 Macclesfield Town 42 12 5 4 32 16 10 4 7 34 33 +17 75 FA Trophy winners
5 Gateshead 42 9 7 5 32 24 9 6 6 26 22 +12 67
6 Southport 42 10 7 4 42 25 8 5 8 35 39 +13 66
7 Kidderminster Harriers 42 13 4 4 49 26 5 6 10 29 40 +12 64
8 Northwich Victoria 42 9 3 9 38 35 7 9 5 34 29 +8 60
9 Morecambe[a] 42 12 2 7 51 33 5 6 10 27 39 +6 59
10 Farnborough Town 42 8 6 7 29 23 7 8 6 34 35 +5 59
11 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 11 6 4 33 20 4 8 9 26 37 +2 59 Conference League Cup winners
12 Altrincham 42 9 6 6 33 29 6 7 8 26 35 −5 58
13 Telford United 42 8 7 6 27 23 7 3 11 24 33 −5 55
14 Stalybridge Celtic 42 9 3 9 29 37 7 4 10 30 31 −9 55
15 Halifax Town 42 8 7 6 30 25 5 6 10 19 38 −14 52
16 Kettering Town 42 9 5 7 38 32 4 4 13 30 52 −16 48
17 Slough Town[a] 42 4 6 11 35 44 9 2 10 28 32 −13 47
18 Bath City 42 9 4 8 29 31 4 3 14 16 35 −21 46
19 Welling United 42 6 8 7 21 23 4 7 10 21 30 −11 45
20 Dover Athletic 42 8 1 12 29 38 3 6 12 22 36 −23 40
21 Runcorn 42 4 5 12 25 43 5 3 13 23 44 −39 35 Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 42 5 7 9 31 34 2 5 14 12 39 −30 33 Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Conference

Results

Home \ Away ALT BAT BRO D&R DOV FAR GAT HAL HED KET KID MAC MOR NOR RUN SLO SOU STL STB TEL WEL WOK
Altrincham 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–4 3–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Bath City 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 4–0 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–3
Bromsgrove Rovers 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–3 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
Dover Athletic 1–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–3
Farnborough Town 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2
Gateshead 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1
Halifax Town 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2
Hednesford Town 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1
Kettering Town 4–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–0
Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 6–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 4–2 2–1 4–1 4–3 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0
Macclesfield Town 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2
Morecambe 7–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 0–1 5–3 3–1 2–4 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–5
Northwich Victoria 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 6–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–0
Runcorn 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–4 4–3 1–1 0–1 0–8 2–3 1–3 2–3
Slough Town 1–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 5–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–5 2–1 2–6 1–2 0–0 2–3
Southport 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 7–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 6–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 5–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–2
Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–5 2–2 2–1 2–4
Stevenage Borough 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 4–1 4–0
Telford United 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Welling United 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–2
Woking 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Football Conference 1995–1996 teams
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Locations of the Football Conference teams 1995–1996

Promotion and relegation

Relegated

Top scorers in order of league goals

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Barry Hayles Stevenage Borough 29 0 5 1 35
2 Joe O'Connor Hednesford 23 1 0 2 26
3 Carl Alford Kettering Town 22 2 1 0 25
4 Mark West Slough Town 21 0 3 4 28
= Chris Boothe Farnborough Town 21 5 1 5 32
6 David Leworthy Dover Athletic 20 1 1 3 25
7 Steve Harkus Gateshead 19 0 0 1 20
8 Clive Walker Woking 18 1 0 0 19
9 Carwyn Williams Northwich Victoria 17 3 0 0 20
10 Andy Whittaker Southport 16 0 1 3 20
11 Corey Browne Stevenage Borough 15 1 0 0 16
12 Mike Bignall Runcorn 14 2 0 0 16
= Brian Butler Northwich Victoria 14 2 4 0 20
= Kim Casey Kidderminster Harriers 14 1 0 2 17
= Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 14 0 0 0 14
= Darran Hay Woking 14 4 0 0 18
= Junior Hunter Woking 14 0 0 0 14

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Glenda Rollin (ed.), Jack Rollin (exec. ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline, 1996.